TURIN. Manuel Locatelli is a new Juventus player. The very long telenovela, which began before the European Championships, ended this afternoon with the definitive agreement between the Juventus club and Sassuolo. The midfielder leaves the neroverdi on a two-year loan with obligation to redeem for a 35 million euro operation. The European champion with Mancini’s national team will be available to Massimiliano Allegri for his debut in the league on Sunday in Udine, and has always been the number one goal of the Juventus coach. The negotiation was not easy, but Locatelli refused the proposals of Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund to dress the black and white. After the medical examinations, he will sign a contract worth 3 million euros net per season until 2026.
After the engagement of the 19-year-old Brazilian striker Kaio Jorge, Juventus thus placed the great market coup to strengthen the team and in particular the midfield. Locatelli will be able to play both as a director and as a mezzala in Allegri’s team, bringing quality and quantity as well as another blue piece. ItalJuve thus enriches itself with a young 23-year-old talent, who had scored his second goal in Serie A against the Bianconeri at San Siro (2 October 2016) with the Milan shirt. In the Rossoneri’s viavio, in fact, the Lecco midfielder grew up, only to explode at Sassuolo who believed in him until he sold him for 35 million euros with an operation similar to the one that brought Chiesa to Turin last year. With the former viola he shares age and ambitions, while now he will also find Bernardeschi, Bonucci and captain Chiellini. Locatelli’s magical summer is not over yet.